Final Voter Turnout 50.9%, By-Election for National Assembly 55.6%... Same as Previous Day's Preliminary Figures

"Only Slight Change in Final Number of Voters"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The National Election Commission announced on the 2nd that the voter turnout for the June 1 local elections was confirmed at 50.9%. The final turnout rate tallied on this day matched the provisional turnout rate announced by the commission after the polls closed at 7:30 PM the previous day.

This local election turnout was the second lowest in the history of local elections. It was the only turnout rate higher than the lowest recorded in the 3rd local elections in 2002 (48.9%), marking the lowest turnout in about 20 years.

Compared to the previous 7th local elections in 2018 (60.2%), it dropped by 9.3 percentage points, and when compared to the 6th (56.8%), 5th (54.5%), 4th (51.6%), 2nd (52.7%), and 1st (68.4%) local elections, the difference ranged from 0.7 to 17.5 percentage points. A National Election Commission official explained, "Since the turnout rate announced the previous day was provisional, there were slight changes in the final number of voters, but there was no change in the turnout rate."

The final turnout rate for the by-elections for National Assembly members held in seven regions alongside the local elections was also 55.6%, the same as the provisional turnout rate from the previous day.

By region, the turnout rates were: Gyeonggi Seongnam Bundang-gap 63.8%, Incheon Gyeyang-eul 60.1%, Chungnam Boryeong-Seocheon 62%, Jeju Jeju-eul 55.4%, Gyeongnam Changwon Uichang 51.5%, Gangwon Wonju-gap 51.1%, and Daegu Suseong 45%.

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